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Miriam T. Weber, Ph.D.

Miriam T. Weber, Ph.D.

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Professional Background

Miriam Weber, PhD is Associate Professor of Neurology and Obstetrics and Gynecology. She is a Clinical Neuropsychologist with expertise in cognition in aging and neurodegenerative disease. Dr. Weber conducts comprehensive neuropsychological assessments in adults with a variety of neurological cond...
Miriam Weber, PhD is Associate Professor of Neurology and Obstetrics and Gynecology. She is a Clinical Neuropsychologist with expertise in cognition in aging and neurodegenerative disease. Dr. Weber conducts comprehensive neuropsychological assessments in adults with a variety of neurological conditions.

Faculty Appointments

Associate Professor - Department of Neurology, Movement Disorders (SMD)

Associate Professor - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (SMD) - Joint

Credentials

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

Fellowship in Neuropsychology and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Rochester 2003 - 2006

Internship in Clinical Neuropsychology, Rush University Medical Center 2002 - 2003

Education

PhD | University at Albany, SUNY. Clinical Psychology. 2003

BS | University of Wisconsin. Psychology. 1992

Awards

Invited Participant, LIFE Ancillary Study Symposium. 2012

Trainee Travel Grant, STRAW +10: Addressing the Unfinished Agenda of Staging Reproductive Aging. 2011

Top Poster Prize, NAMS Annual Meeting. 2010

Mentee, NAMS Mentorship Program. 2009 - 2011

Fellow. 2004

Fellowship in Experimental Therapeutics. 2003 - 2006

Women's Initiative Research Grant. 2002 - 2002

Graduate Student Initiative Research Grant. 2002

Graduate Assistantship. 1998 - 2002

Research

Dr. Weber's research program is focused on how hormonal changes during critical periods in the female reproductive life cycle might increase the risk of cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease in later life. Her current studies are examining the natural history of cognitive and affective changes ...
Dr. Weber's research program is focused on how hormonal changes during critical periods in the female reproductive life cycle might increase the risk of cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease in later life. Her current studies are examining the natural history of cognitive and affective changes in the menopausal transition. Her work is supported by NIH/NIA.

Publications

Journal Articles

The phenotype of delirium based on a close reading of diagnostic criteria.

Oldham MA, Weber MT

International journal of geriatric psychiatry.. 2023 December 38 (12):e6046. Epub 1900 01 01.

Association of Radiation Dose to the Amygdala-Orbitofrontal Network with Emotion Recognition Task Performance in Patients with Low-Grade and Benign Brain Tumors.

Hardy SJ, Finkelstein A, Milano MT, Schifitto G, Sun H, Holley K, Usuki K, Weber MT, Zheng D, Seplaki CL, Janelsins M

Cancers.. 2023 November 2315 (23)Epub 11/23/2023.

Longitudinal Effects of Combination Antiretroviral Therapy on Cognition and Neuroimaging Biomarkers in Treatment-Naive People With HIV.

Weber MT, Finkelstein A, Uddin MN, Reddy EA, Arduino RC, Wang L, Tivarus ME, Zhong J, Qiu X, Schifitto G

Neurology.. 2022 September 699 (10):e1045-e1055. Epub 06/22/2022.

Longitudinal Effects of Combination Antiretroviral Therapy on Cognition and Neuroimaging Biomarkers in Treatment-Naïve People with HIV.

Weber MT, Finkelstein A, Uddin MN, Reddy EA, Arduino RC, Wang L, Tivarus ME, Zhong J, Qui X, Schifitto G

Neurology.. 2022 June 22 Epub 06/22/2022.

A research primer for studies of cognitive changes across the menopause transition.

Maki PM, Weber MT

Climacteric : the journal of the International Menopause Society.. 2021 August 24 (4):382-388. Epub 1900 01 01.

Neurophysiological biomarkers to optimize deep brain stimulation in movement disorders.

Sirica D, Hewitt AL, Tarolli CG, Weber MT, Zimmerman C, Santiago A, Wensel A, Mink JW, Lizárraga KJ

Neurodegenerative disease management.. 2021 July 15 Epub 07/15/2021.

Mitochondrial toxicity before and after combination antiretroviral therapy, a Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy study.

Tivarus ME, Zhuang Y, Wang L, Murray KD, Venkataraman A, Weber MT, Zhong J, Qiu X, Schifitto G

NeuroImage. Clinical.. 2021 May 731 :102693. Epub 05/07/2021.

A longitudinal analysis of brain extracellular free water in HIV infected individuals.

Uddin MN, Faiyaz A, Wang L, Zhuang Y, Murray KD, Descoteaux M, Tivarus ME, Weber MT, Zhong J, Qiu X, Schifitto G

Scientific reports.. 2021 April 1511 (1):8273. Epub 04/15/2021.

Cognitive profiles in perimenopause: hormonal and menopausal symptom correlates.

Weber MT, Rubin LH, Schroeder R, Steffenella T, Maki PM

Climacteric : the journal of the International Menopause Society.. 2021 March 24 :1-7. Epub 03/24/2021.

Fixel-Based Analysis and Free Water Corrected DTI Evaluation of HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders.

Finkelstein A, Faiyaz A, Weber MT, Qiu X, Uddin MN, Zhong J, Schifitto G

Frontiers in neurology. 2021 12 :725059. Epub 11/04/2021.

Fluid and Tissue Biomarkers of Lewy Body Dementia: Report of an LBDA Symposium.

Scott GD, Arnold MR, Beach TG, Gibbons CH, Kanthasamy AG, Lebovitz RM, Lemstra AW, Shaw LM, Teunissen CE, Zetterberg H, Taylor AS, Graham TC, Boeve BF, Gomperts SN, Graff-Radford NR, Moussa C, Poston KL, Rosenthal LS, Sabbagh MN, Walsh RR, Weber MT, Armstrong MJ, Bang JA, Bozoki AC, Domoto-Reilly K, Duda JE, Fleisher JE, Galasko DR, Galvin JE, Goldman JG, Holden SK, Honig LS, Huddleston DE, Leverenz JB, Litvan I, Manning CA, Marder KS, Pantelyat AY, Pelak VS, Scharre DW, Sha SJ, Shill HA, Mari Z, Quinn JF, Irwin DJ

Frontiers in neurology. 2021 12 :805135. Epub 01/31/2022.

Cognitive, Psychiatric, and Quality of Life Outcomes in Adult Survivors of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Therapy: A Scoping Review of the Literature.

Khan IR, Saulle M, Oldham MA, Weber MT, Schifitto G, Lee HB

Critical care medicine.. 2020 July 31 Epub 07/31/2020.

Cognitive function in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a cross-sectional study examining effects of disease and treatment.

Williams AM, van Wijngaarden E, Seplaki CL, Heckler CE, Weber MT, Barr PM, Zent CS, Janelsins MC

Leukemia & lymphoma.. 2020 March 9 :1-9. Epub 03/09/2020.

Pathomechanisms of HIV-Associated Cerebral Small Vessel Disease: A Comprehensive Clinical and Neuroimaging Protocol and Analysis Pipeline.

Murray KD, Singh MV, Zhuang Y, Uddin MN, Qiu X, Weber MT, Tivarus ME, Wang HZ, Sahin B, Zhong J, Maggirwar SB, Schifitto G

Frontiers in neurology. 2020 11 :595463. Epub 12/15/2020.

Combination antiretroviral therapy improves cognitive performance and functional connectivity in treatment-naïve HIV-infected individuals.

Zhuang Y, Qiu X, Wang L, Ma Q, Mapstone M, Luque A, Weber M, Tivarus M, Miller E, Arduino RC, Zhong J, Schifitto G

Journal of neurovirology.. 2017 October 23 (5):704-712. Epub 08/08/2017.

Follow-up evaluation of cognitive function in the randomized Alzheimer's Disease Anti-inflammatory Prevention Trial and its Follow-up Study.

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association.. 2015 February 11 (2):216-25.e1. Epub 07/09/2014.

Cognition and mood in perimenopause: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Weber MT, Maki PM, McDermott MP

The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology.. 2014 July 142 :90-8. Epub 06/14/2013.

Beliefs about hot flashes drive treatment benefit.

Weber MT, Maki PM

Menopause : the journal of the North American Menopause Society.. 2014 June 21 (6):553-5. Epub 1900 01 01.

Results of a follow-up study to the randomized Alzheimer's Disease Anti-inflammatory Prevention Trial (ADAPT).

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association.. 2013 November 9 (6):714-23. Epub 04/03/2013.

Cognition in perimenopause: the effect of transition stage.

Weber MT, Rubin LH, Maki PM

Menopause : the journal of the North American Menopause Society.. 2013 May 20 (5):511-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

Reconciling subjective memory complaints with objective memory performance in the menopausal transition.

Weber MT, Mapstone M, Staskiewicz J, Maki PM

Menopause : the journal of the North American Menopause Society.. 2012 July 19 (7):735-41. Epub 1900 01 01.

Executive summary of the Stages of Reproductive Aging Workshop + 10: addressing the unfinished agenda of staging reproductive aging.

Harlow SD, Gass M, Hall JE, Lobo R, Maki P, Rebar RW, Sherman S, Sluss PM, de Villiers TJ,

The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism.. 2012 April 97 (4):1159-68. Epub 02/16/2012.

Memory complaints and memory performance in the menopausal transition.

Weber M, Mapstone M

Menopause : the journal of the North American Menopause Society.. 2009 16 (4):694-700. Epub 1900 01 01.

A clinical approach to evaluating malingering in forensic neuropsychological evaluations

McCaffrey, R.J.; Weber, M.

Spanish Journal of Neuropsychology. 2000; 2: 21-37.

Preliminary Serial Assessment Findings with the Brief NIMH Neuropsychological Battery for HIV Infection and AIDS.

McCaffrey, R.J.; Duff, K.; Westervelt, H.J., Palav; A., Weber, M.; & Haase, R.F.

NYS Psychologist. 2000; 12: 51-54.